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name: tree-of-thoughts-llm description: "Routes Tree of Thoughts workflows for game24, coherent passage generation, and mini-crossword solving, with shared installation and execution guidance." disable-model-invocation: true metadata: disco-role: operating license: MIT

Tree of Thoughts LLM

Use this skill for the Princeton NLP Tree of Thoughts repository and package. It focuses on the bundled tot package, the shared runner, and the three public task modes: arithmetic puzzles, coherent text generation, and mini crossword solving.

Fast start

• Install from PyPI: pip install tree-of-thoughts-llm
• Install from a checkout: pip install -e .
• Required runtime setting: OPENAI_API_KEY
• Optional proxy/base URL: OPENAI_API_BASE
• Smoke check: python scripts/check_install.py

Choose a route

• sub-skills/game24/ for 24-game arithmetic trajectories, ToT BFS, and naive sampling baselines.
• sub-skills/text/ for coherent passage generation, sample/vote runs, and GPT-based coherency scoring.
• sub-skills/crosswords/ for 5x5 mini crosswords, naive sampling, and the notebook-derived DFS search workflow.

Shared runtime helper

• scripts/run_tot.py is the bundled runner that mirrors the repository runner interface and writes JSON logs under ./logs/ relative to the launch directory.
• scripts/check_install.py confirms the runtime package install, public metadata, and the three task constructors from the active environment.

What this skill does not do

• It does not depend on the original checkout being present at runtime.
• It does not bundle private API keys, proxies, or machine-specific paths.
• It does not run the paper experiments automatically; use the route-specific sub-skill scripts or the shared runner with explicit task arguments.

Shared prerequisites

The package is pure Python, but the workflows call the OpenAI Chat Completions API. Expect the following before running any task mode:

• A valid OpenAI key in OPENAI_API_KEY.
• A reachable API endpoint, optionally overridden with OPENAI_API_BASE.
• Network access to the chosen backend.
• The runtime package installed with its pinned dependencies.

Read next

• references/workflows.md for the shared ToT execution model and extension notes.
• references/cli-reference.md for the bundled runner flags and example commands.
• references/api-reference.md for verified package functions and task classes.
• references/troubleshooting.md for install, import, API, and parsing failures.
• references/repo-provenance.md before refreshing this skill from a newer checkout.